A symphony performance, stage performances and a screening of the film “Amadeus” highlight weekend events on the North Olympic Peninsula.
• The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra will present its February concert at 2 p.m. Sunday in the auditorium at Chimacum High School, 91 West Valley Road, Chimacum.
The public also is invited to attend the orchestra’s final dress rehearsal at 7 tonight.
The free concert, directed by Tigran Arakelyan, will premiere Daniel Gall’s new composition, “Oatmeal Counterpoint.”
The concert also will feature Anabel Moore performing the first movement of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3.
Moore, the winner of the orchestra’s 2024 Young Artist Competition, is currently studying music education and violin performance at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma.
Also on the program are “El Salon Mexico” by Aaron Copeland and “Schwedische Tänze” by Max Bruch.
For more information, visit www.ptsymphony.org.
• Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter will present “Celtic Harps, Rare Instruments and Wondrous Stories” during performances in Port Angeles and Port Townsend this weekend.
The duo will perform a free concert at 6 p.m. Friday in the Raymond Carver Room at the Port Angeles Main Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles.
The pair also will perform at 2 p.m. Saturday as the first concert in the “QUUF Presents: A Concert Series for the Community” at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., Port Townsend.
Tickets are $20. Kids 12 and younger can attend for free. Advance tickets are available www.quuf.org/events/quuf- presents-a-concert-series-for-the-community.
Lynne and Frankfurter are a multi-instrumentalist duo from Oregon who play original compositions and traditional instrumental tunes from Sweden and Ireland on Celtic harps, the Swedish nyckelharpa, Ukrainian bandura and cittern.
The musicians also share tales from their adventures as modern-day troubadours during their performances.
• The Wardens will present “True Stories Told in Mountain Music” at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place, Port Ludlow.
Tickets are $38 per person at www.portludlow performingarts.com.
The band’s name reflects the fact that all of its members are national park wards with Parks Canada.
The band features a rotating lineup of up to 10 members, including founders Ray Schmidt and Scott Ward; Scott Duncan on fiddle; Nic Humby on stand-up bass; and John Cronin and Bradley Bischoff on guitar.
Other members might include Bob Remington, Russell Broom, Nick Horbuckle and Colvin Vorwath on mandolin, dobro, banjo, fiddle or accordion.
The Wardens’ songs tell stories that are true and often are accompanied by a screen presentation that gives the audience a visual version of their world.
• The Port Angeles Community Players will present its production of “Enchanted April” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Tuesday as well as a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday on the main stage at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
Tickets are $18 each, $9 for students, at www.pa communityplayers.org or at the box office 30 minutes before each performance.
The play, written by Matthew Barber, was nominated for two Tony awards after its 2003 Broadway production.
“Enchanted April,” a comedy set in the 1920s post-war period, is based on Elizabeth Von Arnim’s novel, “The Enchanted April.”
Directed by Janice Parks, the play features a pair of newly acquainted London housewives, played by Sarah Winters and Traci Waknitz, who rent a villa in Italy to get a holiday from their emotionally absent husbands, played by Justin Stapleton and Sean Stone.
To help pay the bills, the pair recruit a pair of difficult upper-class women, played by Anna Andersen and Olivia Wray.
The cast of eight is filled out with Sean McDaniel, as the owner of the villa, and Emma Easton, as the Italian housekeeper.
• The Salish Sea Early Music Festival will present “The Chaconne with Les Voix Humaines” at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1020 Jefferson St., Port Townsend.
Admission is by a suggested donation of $20 to $30 per person.
The chaconne is a French musical form that was developed during the reign of Louis XIV.
Sunday’s concert features chaconnes by Johan Sebastian Bach and Georg Phillipp Telemann.
Les Voix Humaines (Human Voices, in French) is a Montreal-based viol duo composed of Susie Napper, who plays the viola da gamba and the treble viol, and Mélisande Corriveau, who plays the viola da gamba and the pardessus de viol.
They will join Elisabeth Wright, on the harpsichord, and festival director Jeffrey Cohan, on baroque and renaissance flutes.
The program includes “Modéré” from Telemann’s Paris Quartet No. 12 in E Minor for flute, pardessus de viole, viola da gamba and harpsichord; Les Voix Humaines’ transcription of Bach’s Chaconne in D Minor for 2 viola da gambas, originally for solo violin; a quartet for two viola da gambas, flute and harpsichord and a second Paris Quartet by Telemann, No. 10; and another Les Voix Humaines transcription, this one is Bach’s Sonata for obbligato harpsichord and violin for pardessus de viol, flute, viola da gamba and harpsichord.
For more information, visit www.salishseafestival.org/porttownsend.
• Schola Galante will perform “Chamber Music from the Court of Frederick the Great, 1740-1786” at 2 p.m. Saturday at Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona Ave., Port Townsend.
Tickets are $20 per person at the door.
Ensemble members Dahti Blanchard, Lee Inman, Miguel Rodé and Douglass Hjelm will perform music from the court of Frederick the Great, who ruled Prussia from 1740-1786 and was a patron of the so-called Berlin School.
The program features music by Hasse, Schaffrath and Graun along with a trio for three Baroque flutes by Johann Quantz.
• Shelby Earl will perform at Concerts in the Woods at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, 923 Hazel Point Road, Coyle. Admission is by a suggested donation of $20.
Earl, a Seattle-based singer-songwriter, will be joined by Billy Brush, a pianist from Coyle who has performed with her for more than 10 years.
Earl released “Burn the Boats,” her debut album, in 2011 and has toured with such artists as Loudon Wainwright, Rhett Miller and Ben Gibbard.
Shelby also will be a guest on “Cats in our Laps,” Phil Andrus’ weekly radio show, at 7 p.m. Sunday on KPTZ 91.9 FM.
For more information, call 360-765-3449 or visit www.coyleconcerts.com/upcomingshows.
• The Olympic Music Festival will host a screening of “Amadeus” at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Donna M. Morris Theater at Field Arts & Events Hall, 201 W. Front St., Port Angeles.
Tickets are $15 per person, $10 for youths, at www.field hallevents.org/tickets.
Julio Elizade, the festival’s artistic director, will present “Life and Legacy of Mozart” beginning at 1 p.m. in the Sunset Lounge at Field Hall.
The 1984 period biographical drama, based on Peter Shaffer’s 1979 stage play of the same name, is a fictionalized account of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as told by Antonio Salieri, a contemporaneous composer who was jealous of Mozart and claimed to have murdered him.
• “The Winter’s Tale,” by William Shakespeare and adapted by Denise Winter, will continue its run with performances at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and matinee performances at 1:30 p.m. Sundays through March 16 at Key City Public Theatre, 419 Washington St., Port Townsend.
The March 1 performance will include American Sign Language interpretation.
Tickets range from $39 to $44 per person with reduced prices for active duty military personnel and for youths.
Pay-what-you-will tickets are available at some performances.
The play is considered a problem by Shakespearean scholars since the first three acts are psychological drama while the last two are comedic in nature.
Winter’s adaptation of the play is set in Southern California wine country and is not recommended for young children.
For more information or tickets, call the theater at 360-385-5278, email info@keycitypublictheatre.org or visit www.keycitypublic theatre.org.
• The Lowest Pair will perform at 6:30 tonight at the Quilcene Lantern, 7360 Center Road, Quilcene.
Tickets are $20 at the door.
• Sarah Shea and Chez Jazz will perform from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi Drive, Port Angeles.
No cover charge.
• The Key City Ramblers will perform from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, Sequim.
Admission is $12 per person, $10 for lodge members.
• The Port Townsend Urban Sketchers will sketch in uptown Port Townsend at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The group will meet in front of Aldrich’s, 940 Lawrence St., Port Townsend.
After sketching, the group will reconvene in Aldrich’s second-floor mezzanine at noon to share their work and take a photo.
The event is free and open to sketchers of all skill levels.
For more information, visit www.urbansketchersport townsend.wordpress.com.
• The Port Angeles Friends of the Library will host a Bag of Books sale from 10:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in the entry lobby at the Port Angeles Main Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles.
Bags will be provided, and customers will be able to purchase as many books they can fit into the bag for $5.
Customers also may bring their Friends of the Library canvas tote bag and fill it for $3.
The Friends of Library’s book bags also are available; customers may buy a bag for $8 and fill it for free.
Proceeds will benefit special programs hosted by the North Olympic Library System.
For more information, visit www.friendsofthelibrarypa.org.
• Libby Ballard and Cherry Bibler will lead a free Trashion Show workshop from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Guy Cole Event Center at Carrie Blake Park, 202 N. Blake Ave., Sequim.
Participants will learn about upcycling and reusing non-traditional materials to create wearable art.
Materials and tools will be provided, although attendees also may bring their own supplies.
The workshop is sponsored by the Sequim Arts Commission and the Sequim Irrigation Festival Innovative Arts and Crafts Fair.
Attendees should RSVP by calling and leaving a message at 360-582-2477 or by emailing Sarah Hurt, Sequim arts coordinator, at shurt@sequim wa.gov.
• Tractor Supply Co. will host a farmers’ market from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot at its Port Angeles store, 114 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
The market will feature fresh, locally grown produce as well as other seasonal products such as arts and crafts, food trucks, jewelry and woodwork.
For more information, call Tractor Supply at 360-477-4482.
• Mark Schlenz will present “Discover Chen Tai Chi” at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the Madrona MindBody Institute, 310 Fort Worden Way, Port Townsend.
Registration is $30 per person.
Attendees will learn qigong exercises, walking and standing meditations and introductory movements that promote balance, stability, flexibility, well-being and longevity.
Experienced tai chi players also will discover paths to deepen their practice and train for practical self-defense applications.
Schlenz, who has studied Chinese internal martial arts for half a century, trains and teaches in Port Townsend under direct tutelage from his shifu, Marin Spivack of Boston.
The workshop will be offered again on March 22.
For more information or to register, call 360-344-4475 or visit www.madronamind body.com.
• Port Scandalous Roller Derby will take on the Bellingham Roller Betties at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St., Sequim.
Tickers are $12 per person at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6465171 or $15 at the door.
Trackside seating and the first row of the bleachers are off-limits to children younger than 18.
Spectators are asked to supervise their children at all times.
• Janet Piccola will present “Mud in the USA” from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., Sequim.
Piccola will demonstrate the basics of centering clay, pulling walls and altering the forms to make unique pottery.
• The North Olympic Library System will host tabletop role-playing game night from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the temporary location of the Sequim Branch Library, 609 W. Washington St., Sequim.
Children younger than 12 must be accompanied by an adult; many of the available games are recommended for children as young as 8.
For more information, call 360-683-1161, email discover@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
• David Thielk will call at a community dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., Port Townsend.
Music will be provided by the Interstate Studebakers featuring Howie Meltzer of Bellingham on fiddle, Jeanie Murphy of Port Townsend on banjo and John Hatton of Michigan on guitar.
All dances will be taught; beginners and experienced dancers are welcome.
Admission is by $10 per person, $20 for a family.
• Shawna Marie Franklin, an Orcas Island-based artist and ocean kayaker, will talk about “Being with Kelp,” her one-woman art exhibit, at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Jeanette Best Gallery, 701 Water St., Port Townsend.
